SoftBank backs MindTickle; Huawei harbours hopes for Biden presidency

#India #funding - MindTickle investment is part of CEO Masayoshi Son’s strategy to invest in AI-based solutions which according to SoftBank’s Q2 FY20 earnings presentation means “winners in AI are winners of the future.” (Financial Express)

#China #proptech - Sino Group and Ping An Smart City launched a new programme to drive PropTech innovation in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. (Future IoT)

#SouthKorea #media - For the first time in South Korean, cable TV channel MBN unveiled its first AI news anchor. According to the details, a virtual anchor made its debut on MBN News 8, a prime time news program, on 6th of November. (Ary News)

#China #AI - Megvii Technology has announced the deployment of its facial recognition-based smart access solution, Koala, in Thailand, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates, to help enterprise customers enhance safety and strengthen security in commercial and office settings. (PRNewswire)

#India #regulation - In a crucial step to give more wings to India’s evolving drone policy, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has got the nod from Finance Ministry to set up a dedicated Drones Directorate. The sole focus of the directorate will be on managing India’s drones ecosystem. (Inc42)

#Singapore #drones - Singaporean drone delivery company F-drones has just hit 100 autonomous test flights with its proprietary drone platform. The 100th test flight happened to be the same flight that saw its delivery drone complete the first commercial night-time drone delivery. (DroneDJ)

#India #education - Microsoft and NASSCOM will skill 30,000 youths from Telangana in Artificial Intelligence under ‘March to Million’ initiative, for which the the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) and Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) have partnered with the two organisations. (Times of India)

#China #US #Huaweiban - Huawei hopes to “reset” relations with the United States under Joe Biden’s presidential administration, according to a senior executive at the telecom equipment and mobile phone giant, according to Paul Scanlan, chief technology officer at Huawei Carrier Business Group. (CNBC)

#China #US #Huaweiban - In the past Huawei was a relatively small chip customer for Qualcomm, which is the biggest supplier of mobile phone chips. Huawei used its own house-designed chips in its flagship handsets but used Qualcomm chips in lower-priced models. (Reuters)

#China #US #AIpolicy - The US Defense Department has kicked off a new initiative to bring like-minded nations together to work on AI policies and capabilities. Reaching consensus with allies and partners about how to design, build and deploy AI in a military context is one thing, but with China is another. (National Defense Magazine)

Carrington Malin is a UAE-based entrepreneur, marketer and writer who focuses on emerging technologies.